Amending budget 3/2017: Youth Employment Initiative; staff establishment plans of the decentralised agency ACER and the joint undertaking SESAR2

On 30 May 2017, the Commission submitted to the Council draft amending budget (DAB) No 3 to the general budget for 2017 increasing the budgetary resources of the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) as agreed by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission in the outcome of the Conciliation Committee on the 2017 budgetary procedure.

The amount requested is EUR 500 million in commitment appropriations.

This DAB also includes a modification to the establishment plans of the decentralised agency ACER and the joint undertaking SESAR2, while the total number of posts remains unchanged.

On 4 September 2017, the Council adopted its position on DAB No 3 to the general budget for 2017 as set out in the technical annex to the explanatory memorandum to the Council's position on the draft amending budget (see Council doc 11812/17).